The importance of learning to receive I grew up with the expression that it is better to give than receive. I don't agree. While it is...
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Take Your Time
How Slowing Down Can Help You Reconnect – When I’m constantly rushing to the next thing, I get depleted. Rushing is a mode that pushes and forces and constricts and fights self and other to get things done.
Tell a New Story
Our thoughts about people and the situation can keep us frustrated and trapped in the same old loop, working in the same way and having the same results. Try rewriting the story.
Nourish Yourself With Practice
A practice is a doing that supports a new way of being. People come to me for coaching because they are burned out, stretched thin...
From Failure to Opportunity
Has this ever happened to you? You got so, so close in a job interview process — and when I say close, I mean you learned that you...
Feeling Stuck? Try this Simple Exercise.
Using both collage and writing allows me to discover meaningful metaphors and connections that might not have surfaced through freewriting alone.
Shift Your Self-Talk
How to move from "I've just got to get through this!" to "How can I enjoy as much of this experience as possible?" For the past few...
Speaking A Truth That Is Not Named
How Poetry Can Help You Find Your Voice April is one of my favorite months - and yes, one of the reasons is because it is my birthday...
I’m Nervous About Group Coaching
One of the immediate benefits of group coaching is knowing that you are not alone. I offer group coaching throughout the year on specific...
Getting Unstuck from Fear with Inspiration from Audre Lorde
"We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid." What is fear? Fear is an emotion. Karla McLaren teaches that our emotions are not...
The Importance of Creating Space
How to generate and capture transformative energy. When I begin a coaching relationship, I encourage my clients to create a space for the...
Not Enough Time
What’s the smallest thing you can do that will help you move toward your goal? One of the best tricks I know for dealing with that feeling...
